http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj CofC Email Server Administrator Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:42:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Subject: Re: [ms-exchange-l] how to stop a user in our domain sending spam? We've had lots of problems with students (and some faculty and staff) responding to phishing emails with their usernames and passwords.  The spammers typically login through our webmail hosts in the middle of the night and generate the ... http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj/2009/06/11/my-advice-for-other-email-admins-that-find-someone-inside-spamming/ Ever since I upgraded to Vista, I've had trouble with automatic updates to Adobe products.  Since I was rebuilding my tablet PC to use Vista, I figured I would find out what was going on. The problem, in nutshell, is that Adobe Updater would report that updates were available for Reader, ... http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj/2009/04/08/vista-and-adobe-updater/ The computer virus that's being talked about all over the media lately is actually a few months old.  It's called Conficker or Downadup.  It spreads through a few different methods, and is being mixed together in discussions with other virus infections that are prevalent.  PC World has a decent article ... http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj/2009/03/29/protecting-yourself-against-the-latest-computer-worms/ We are in the process of installing a new mail filtering system to replace our existing SonicWall Email Security servers.  The new systems, BorderWare Security Platform and Borderware Quarantine Server, will handle all in and outbound mail filtering for the college.  They utilize new technology that promises to drop 85% ... http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj/2008/12/15/new-mail-filtering-system/ I like to attend the Faculty Technology Sessions, which focus on various technology areas that can be used by the faculty (and us lowly staff) in furtherance of our jobs.  I kept notes at this page. [caption id="attachment_35" align="alignnone" width="185" caption="John - CBS commentator?"][/caption] http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj/2008/10/09/another-thursday-3-session-this-time-about-blogging/ I ran into someone I've helped several times recently on campus.  He was doing fine, but was experiencing a problem with his computer.  He was reluctant to call me about a relatively minor issue, so hadn't.  I encouraged him to contact the Helpdesk (3-3375).  He responded that they would just ... http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj/2008/10/03/why-call-helpdesk/ I attended the first of several sessions offered by our Library and Instructional Technology folks, which they call the Thursday@3@Addlestone sessions.  This seemed like an opportune place to start using the blog, particularly when I discovered that the other people in the room hadn't gotten their blog sites yet! Here's the ... http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj/2008/09/11/thursday-3-addlestone-sessions/ Welcome to Blogs.cofc.edu. I have the dubious distinction of being one of the first College of Charleston people to use the new blog server, which I understand is going live shortly (maybe tomorrow?). I'll use this blog to annotate some my projects and doings here at the College.  I'm new to ... http://blogs.cofc.edu/schroederj/2008/08/06/hello-world/